horizontal bar vs stretcher

horizontal bar

noun
  • A gymnastics event using the horizontal bar. 

  • The horizontal form of the fraction bar. 

  • A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed. 

  • The dash symbol (―) (used to introduce quoted text) 

stretcher

noun
  • A board against which a rower places his feet. 

  • One who, or that which, stretches. 

  • A piece of timber used in building. 

  • One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle. 

  • A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person. 

  • A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting. 

  • A lie; an overstretching of the truth. 

  • A device to stretch shoes or gloves. 

  • A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header). 

verb
  • To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher. 

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